Word: talents
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Though President Gay indulged in no spectacular upheavals upon assuming office, he did display an amazing talent for public relations. He went to Washington for a friendly chat with SEC officials. He closed, almost symbolically, the Exchange's ''Washington Embassy," a rented mansion from which his predecessor, Richard Whitney, conducted his futile fight against the Securities & Exchange Act. In his own bailiwick President Gay lifted the cloak of surly secrecy which had always surrounded even the most trivial Exchange affairs. He submitted graciously to innumerable interviews. He stumped the land hammering home his simple thesis...
...father's fame. Besides such eminent figures as Sarah Bernhardt, Edmond Rostand, Henry Bernstein. Rejane, Anatole France, Eugene Brieux, Paul Bourget, he knew droll and pompous nobodies, devoted lovers of the theatre, all of whom impressed on him the constant fear that he might, from lack of talent, dishonor the name he bore...
...Grand Hotel, NBC dramatic programs, coast to coast. In September he made his appearance in person on the Pacific Coast--in Hollywood. A movie scout had at last found him. when the cameras turn, they will record a flashing smile, a strong, versatile, voice, and lightning like acting talent...
Present inventory would indicate that the Pierian, with its new ideas and new talent, is going to enjoy one of the most successful seasons in years. The tympani, finie, and violin sections are considerably strengthened, as recent by cuts have revealed now talent, including many pupils of Leopold Auer and other teachers in Europe and America...
Naturally, such a talent has given Dr. Moore decided views on the teaching of English at Harvard. "Although literary criticism is well-presented," he says, "undergraduate talent is neither encouraged nor utilized. For instance, if there were a few more active poets and authors in the English Department, the Advocate would be a much more creative and experimental publication...